Find out how popular the last name Wiltrout is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Wiltrout.

Wiltrout, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Wiltrout surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Wiltrout in America

Wiltrout is the 27435th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Wiltrout surname appeared 879 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Wiltrout.

We can also compare 2010 data for Wiltrout to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Wiltrout

The surname Wiltrout is of Germanic origin, and its roots can be traced back to medieval Germany. The name most likely derives from the local dialects prevalent in the regions of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse. During the Middle Ages, these areas were characterized by a rich amalgamation of Germanic tribes, which influenced the linguistic patterns and surname formulations.

Wiltrout appears to be an anglicized or varied form of an older Germanic surname such as Wiltraud or Wiltreud. These older forms combine elements of Old High German: "wil," meaning "will" or "desire," and "trud," meaning "strength" or "power." This suggests that the name originally referred to someone with a strong will or powerful desire. Over time, as individuals from these regions migrated to English-speaking countries, the name underwent phonetic and orthographic changes, resulting in the variant Wiltrout.

Historical records indicate early references to similar surnames in medieval manuscripts and registers. The oldest recorded usage of a name resembling Wiltrout can be found in documents dating back to the late 14th century in the town of Mainz, within the Holy Roman Empire. Spellings such as Wiltraud and Wiltreud appear in baptismal and marriage records from this period.

The earliest definitive example of the Wiltrout surname in a form recognizable today appears in the Moravian Church records of Pennsylvania in the early 1700s. One notable individual, John George Wiltrout, born in 1732 in Germany, emigrated to Pennsylvania in the mid-1750s. He is recognized as one of the early bearers of the surname in the American colonies, where he settled and contributed to the establishment of the German-American community.

Other historical figures with the surname include Heinrich Wilhelm Wiltrout, a Hessian soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War around 1776. After the war, Heinrich Wilhelm chose to remain in the United States, thus further establishing the family's presence in North America.

Another notable Wiltrout, Mary Ann Wiltrout (1871-1950), was a pioneering woman in the field of education in Pennsylvania. Her contributions helped set educational standards in rural communities during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

In the world of religion and ecclesiastical history, Reverend Jakob Wiltrout (1801-1888) was a prominent Lutheran minister in Bavaria, known for his sermons and theological writings, which were influential during the reforms of the Protestant Church in the 19th century.

The name Wiltrout continues to be a testament to its medieval Germanic heritage, reflecting the migration patterns and linguistic evolutions over centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Wiltrout

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Wiltrout.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Wiltrout was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Wiltrout has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Wiltrout was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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